The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-11-24
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Personal.

II. @. Millman, Co. H. 5th Iowa Cav, George
town, Colo. was captured near Big Shanty, Ga,
or the McCook raid. and was a prisoner at
Andersonville from Aug. 4, 1864, to March 2,
1865. He SAYS Comrade MoZingO is correct as
10 the batteries at Andersonville. When he
entered AndersOnville he had on but 4 shirt
and pants and the last few months he had to
skirmish 10 keep his clothes on. He escaped
once, but was tracked with dogs and bucked
for four hours, but not gagged. on account of
the friendship of Capt. Wirz, who was n cOun-
tryman of his. and who several times solicited
his enlistment in the rebel army.
III. w. Brand!e, 81 No, Cummings Ill,
writes that at the Reunion of Os,erhaus's Bril-
gaae at st. Louis, Maj. Ledergerbcr, 10th Mo-,
who was Historian of the old brigade, said the
veterans of the Sd, 18th and 18th Mo. part OF
the old brigade that went through from VIII
sons Creek TO Joncsboro. Ga.,) were under fire,
in whole or in part, l70 days-a record to be
proud of.
Chas. l.. Gooden. Co A, 18th V. r. c., Ma
tional Military Home, Leavenworth, Kan,
writes that any member of his company will
receive information to his advantage by adj
dressing him.
c. W. Sanders, U. s. sloop Vandalia, frigate
Colorado, and gunboat Kennebec, Eldred, n.
Y, would like to hear from some of his old
shipmates. He thinks the work done by the
navy should be written up by some of the navy
men. cSncclallN INC UIlllc OF IOEt hONal, INC
operations of Rear Admiral Dupont at Charles
ton and the fights OH the Mississippi with Far
ragut.
Perry Hill, Co. X. 10th Tenn. Cav. Bray
field H. would like his comrades to crawl out
of their holes and bark; Lieut.. J. NJ. Ander-
son especially. He wants all comrades to I'M
derstand that the 10th Tenn. Cav. covered the
retreat from Franklin to Nashville.
Thos. Finn, 9TH w. Va, Moundsville. VIVA.
is the Historian of his regiment and Secretary
of the regimental organization, and desires to
! know the name, rank and present address Of
| all the survivors Of that command; his object
being to effect an organization toward erecting
| a monument at Gettysburg designating the
position of the regiment in that battle the 9Th
! w. Va. being the only Virginia regiment on
/ the Union side at that place.
+. David. 10th 30. Cav, MedOra, Mo-, sends
n war "reminiscences, stained by age, of poem
devoted To his regiment. written by L. J. Man
chester, in the days of the war. 1t is too long
TO republish.
H. f. Omey, Co. II, 6Ist H., Geneva, Neb.,
| tells Comrade ID. L. Barton, of the same COM
pany, and others, that he would be glad to hear
! from them.
John NJ. Hurral Sergeant, Troop c, 1st Ohio
Cav. Sigourney, Iowa, wants some of the COM
rades of his old troop 10 wake up and let him
hear from them.
John T. Jones Co II. Glst H., GAINESVILLE. H..
informs Comrade b. L. Barton and others of
his comrades that he is alive and kicking, and
would be glad to hear from them.
Capt. W. &. Beck, 18th y. Y. battery, Niagara
Falls, N Y, says it was April when our
troops entered Petersburg, and the errors into
which so many old comrades fall about the date
being the ID, was from the fact that continuous
fighting took place all ofApril I'd and through
out the night.
D. F. Wilsey, Co G, cath Wis, San Luis
Obispo, Cal, would be glad TO have some mem
Der of the First Brigade, Second Division,
Fourth Corps, write sketch of the engagement
with the rebels at Grout House, near Adairs-
vlle Ga. He wonders where the oath Wis
boys have slowed themselves away, that they
arc so quiet.
Random Shots.
Julius ID. Rhodes, Sergeant, Co NJ, 31st Ne.
Atlantic City, y. j., writing OF the entry into
Petersburg and the preliminary battle ut Fort
Malone and other Notifications, says the rebels
evacuated Petersburg during the night of April
., 1855, and the Second Brigade. Third Divis
ion, Ninth Corps. entered at the right Of the
line the next morning. At the same time the
troops of the Twenty Fourth Corps entered OF
the left. IN the battles OF the day before, Fort
Malone and five other Notifications were as
saulted and captured, put the city was evacu
ated before daybreak, rs the fire was too hot
and had troops remained there nothing coult
have lived through the fire.
i. w. Ray, Sergeant, Co. L, 18th Ind.
Mayetta, Kan, takes issue with Conrad,
Frasher, Co ID, 18th Iowa, on the latter's claim
for honors won at Nicksburg by the 18th Ind
The latter regiment took one battery at Vicks
burg, which stood on the right bank of the road
in the bend where the road turns east, and the
writer never heard Of any other forces con
testing for the honor Of the capture.
f. +. KenTick, Co. {, Both Mass, st. Paul
Mimi, tells of the march of the Fifth Corp
honeward from AppOmattOx TO Washington
passing through Richmond. He gives some o
the words of the bugle call, rs follows: FRS
Call" Tumble. tumble up to roll call y; Re
yeille-"I can't get them up, can't get then
up can't get them up in the morning cannO
get them up at all; the Corporal's worse thar
the private, the Sergcant's than the Corporal
the Lieutenant's worse than the Sergeant, ant
the Captains worst of all y; Sick Call" Com,
lazy, lame, halt, blind and young, come up +
the Doctor and show your tongue; Stabl
T Call" Come down TO the stable. all you tina
, are able, and give your old horses some oat
and some hay; for if you don't do it, the Colo
, mel will know it, and then the devil will be Il
pay"
T Lieutenant Of the 1st Me. writes that tn
reason the 5th, 9th and 9TH Me. were not men
toned in the order recently published showing
, the list Of battles in which regiments partici
pated in the Army of the Potomac. was that a
the uate tilc OFIcr was lSsueu the three req
ments named had no existence, they having
been consolidated and remembered the LIST Ne
and the battles assigned 10 the LIST Me. includ
those participated in by the 5th. 9th and 18th.
} X. w. Anderson, 18th n. Y, RondOut, y. Y
: sends slips of an article regarding the charg
of Aug. 80, 1862, second Bull Run, which
, generally ascribed to Sykes's Division of Regu
lars. He denies this, and says that the assault
was made by the First Division Of the FIT
Corps, the division being commanded then b
; Gen. Butterfeld Col. Weeks of the 18th n. Y
being in command of the First Brigade. TIL
| Regulars were in their rear when retiring, afte
being repulsed by JacksOn's lines; the latte
: having been ordered to the support of Butter
field by Gen. Sykes.
: Isaac AK, Co. A, 10th Ohio. Franklin. Tenn
, denies the assertion of COmrade Conner that III
: l0ith Ohio behaved badly at the Columbia an
, Franklin Pike in the pursuit of Hoods DE-
feated army.
ComraGe George Forsyth, Co. G, 1st MINI.
. A., Cleveland, Mimi, takes issue with the prof.
: Ositi0n OF a comrade of Kit Carson Post,
. Washington, TO have pension payments mad
= monthly. lie makes the point that quarterl
payments are of more good to the pensionC
than If receiving il in driblets monthly; an
further, that as ut present it costs % cents eac
: pension day 10 have the pension voucher
/, acknowledged or 81 per annum, it would CO.
. under the proposed rule - per annum, ard tn;
i would be heavy drain for comrades who al
. In receipt of small pensions of s. or less pc
! month. As II is now, the expense required f.
. acknowledgement is an iniustice-though d.
: manded by the law, while the proposed increa:
ESPECIALLY TO those with small pensiOn) woul